Elizabeth was the widow of Sgt. Franklin Cummings, Cummings served in Co. A, 6th Tenn. Inf. Regt., USA, and had to go to Boston, KY to enlist after attempted conscription by Confederate authorities. He died of wounds on December 31, 1863 and was...

Calendar from 1919 featuring a painting of World War I soldiers, a battlefield cemetery, and the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. It also features a brief commentary on the author of the poem and the war by "Black & Black, Makers of...

Discharge of Thomas Kirby served as a blacksmith in Co. A, 5th Tenn. Cav. (USA). Kirby was from Cannon County, Tenn. He was discharged June 25, 1865 at Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn. He was born Sept. 21, 1840. He married Nancy Kirby (born...

Transportation pass for Simpson Evans, giving him "permission to go to his home, and there remain undisturbed." He was born August 5, 1834, in Arkansas. Evans married Nancy Jane Coburn on February 28, 1858. He enlisted in Co. A, McGehee's Regiment,...

Strickland's watercolor drawing of the Tomb (Pyramid) of Caius Cestius, showing the pyramid in the foreground. Also shown are the Roman walls, and the Porta San Paolo gates. Also in the foreground is the Protestant Cemetery. Strickland provides...

The gravesite of Sergeant Alvin C. York and his wife, Gracie, near Pall Mall, Tennessee. A flag is flying above the grave. Other burial plots, the grounds of the cemetery, and the surrounding landscape are pictured.

Tintype of Rube and Martha Wallace, parents of Madison Monroe Wallace, who served with Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry and was captured twice, once at Fort Donelson and again at the Battle of Nashville. The Wallaces are buried at Lee's Cemetery in...

Nancy Paralee Hayes Robinson was born in DeKalb County, Tennessee on September 20, 1844. She died August 8, 1888 and was buried in Mt. Holly Cemetery in DeKalb County, Tennessee. This older, married woman is the popular "Miss Hayes" to whom letters...

James Atkins Lauderdale was born near Bright Hope (Greene Co., Tennessee) May 7, 1840. He joined Co. B, 8th Tenn. Inf. Regt., USA) He was wounded at Lost Mountain, Georiga May 27, 1864 and was buried at New Hope Church, Georiga and later reuburied...

This is a pre-Civil War cased tintype of Col. William Shy, 20th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. He was killed at the Battle of Nashville on December 16, 1864 defending a hill top position which now bears his name. Shy was from the Del Rio Pike area of...

Engraving from "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" of the interior of Fort Henry showing groups of soldiers, tents, and the rampart walls. A small image of Camp Chase, Ohio, is also shown under the larger image of Fort Henry.

Model 1860 U.S. staff and field officer's sword manufactured by Springfield Armory and Southern Cross belonging to William Fairchild Dennis Jr. (October 17, 1845 - June 9, 1927). Dennis served with the Raymond Minute Men of Hinds County,...

After-the-fact, hand-drawn map of the Battle of Stones River (Dec. 30, 1862-Jan. 2, 1863) displays the positions of Federal and Confederate divisions and the names of their commanders. The map also features the locations of wooded areas,...